Vapor-stove top



W. W. SLY]. Vapor-Stove Top.

No. 229,057. Patented June 22,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. SLY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VAPOR STOVE TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,057, dated June 22, 1880,

Application filed December 26, 1879.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. SLY, of Cleveland, in the county of Onyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Burnin g Stove- Tops, which improvements are fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved top, showing leaves turned down. Fig. 2 is a similar view with leaves turned up in horizontal position for use. Fig. 3 is a similar view with back leaf turned upright.

The object of this improvement is to provide a vapor-burning stove with a light sheetmetal top, having the necessary openings over the burners, and provided with hinged leaves at the sides and ends, whereby the top surface may be extended, and for other useful purposes, as will be seen in .the subjoined detail description.

In the drawings, A is the top plate for a gasoline or other vapor-burning stove, having the necessary openings at a above the burners, and over which the cooking utensils are placed. This top may be supported by legs in the usual manner. The edges of the said top are stiffened and strengthened by wire embraced within the folded edge.

B B B are leaves made of sheet metal, also strengthened with wire at their edges, and are hinged to the edges of the top A, so that they may be folded down when the stove is not in use, as seen in .Fig. 1, and raised for extending the top, when desired, as seen in Fig. 2.

To the legs 0 are attached swinging brackets D D, which may be turned outward for supporting the leaves in a horizontal position.

When desired, a sideleaf may be turned upright and rest against awall, and serve as a protection to the wall against the spattering of cooking utensils.

The many advantages derived from these improvements are obviously lightness of weight, enabling the stove to be easily and readily lifted or removed from place to place,removal of the liability to breakage, as with cast metal, capability of extension of the top surface, adding great convenience while the stove is in use, and'the convenience of compactness by folding down when not in use.

Having described my invention, I claim-- The herein-described improvements in vapor-stove tops, consisting of a sheet-metal top, A, strengthened by wire at the edges and provided with leaves B B,hinged to the edges of said top and supported by swinging brackets D D, constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM W. SLY. 

